International Secretariat of Stone Masons

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The International Secretariat of Stone Masons, also known as the International Secretariat of Stone Workers, was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing stone masons, quarry workers and paviours.

The unions of stone masons in Austria, Germany, Norway, and Sweden, began working together in 1898. In 1903, they decided to form an international federation, which was launched at a conference in Zurich, where its headquarters were also located. In 1923, the small International Secretariat of Stone Setters joined the stone masons, and by 1925 the federation had 14 affiliates, with a total of 108,455 members, growing to 127,500 by 1935. [1] [2]

Throughout the federation's existence, it was led by secretary Robert Kolb. [1] [2] He retired on 1 January 1947, when the federation merged into the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers. [3]

Affiliates

As of 1922, the following unions were affiliated: [4]

UnionCountryAffiliated membership
Austria8,500
Union of Belgian Stoneworkers Belgium2,580
Czechoslovakia5,700
Denmark644
Finland3,000
France3,200
Central Union of Stone Workers of Germany Germany62,189
Hungary3,500
Italy2,787
Netherlands1,253
Norwegian Union of Stone Industry Workers Norway750
Serbia ?
Swedish Stone Workers' Union Sweden3,118
Swiss Construction Workers' Union Switzerland1,800
Uruguay2,500
Granite Cutters' International Association United States10,000

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References

  1. 1 2 Sassenbach, Johannes (1926). Twenty-five years of international trade unionism. Amsterdam: International Federation of Trade Unions. p. 112.
  2. 1 2 Repertoire des organisations internationales. Geneva: League of Nations. 1936. p. 259.
  3. ↑ "Robert Kolb". Tätigkeitsbericht: 3. 1949.
  4. ↑ The American Labor Yearbook. New York: Rand School of Social Science. 1924. pp. 272–273.
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